The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-08-21

mon, for he has already more money than he
can possibly spend wisely.
RsPnris, the homo OF excitement, is in q very
strange condition. It is quiet politically. We
hear almost nothing OF Ferry. There is little
to say about Boulanger except that the ex-
hibition OF his photograph has been forbidden
in certain little village by the Marie. whose
name is Ferry. and who declares that Boulan-
ger pictures, by drawing crowds, constitute
public nuisance. NJ. Rouvior. the head OF tho
Government, with no Chamber in session to
disturb him. 10 resting and making speeches
which are sound and polite. He tells working
men that he is the con Of a grocer, rs Gambet-
ia was. and that they con trust their interests
and those OF tho country to him. and he tells
foreign nations not to worry about the French
republic; that 1t Is not trying to pull down
neighboring monarchies. and will not inter-
fere with them as long rs they refrain from
meddling with France.
The King Of Spain, Alfonso XIII. am sorry
to have to say, has been In trouble again. You
know he Is young and in fact has not yet
finished the painful task Of teething. Ho has
been with his mother. the Queen Regent, to tho
baths at st. Sebastian. and made all the
oflcials unhappy. The place is very loyal and
very much devoted to his mother. but the baby
king taxed the feelings OF his loyal subjects.
As he was being grandly received at the Hotel
de Vile by all dignitaries, he seized the baton
de cerc,nonie Of ono Of the Generals in his suite
and resisted all the efforts OF tho nurse who
carried him to make him let go. The General
OF COURSE did not care to protest When his
mother tried to induce him to relent he set up
royal bowling which broke up the ceremony.
A friend who. during visit to Homburg. has
met and frequently dined with Bismarck's
wife, kindly sends mo an interesting descrip-
tion Of her for The Suns readers. Princess
Bismarck. who alone enjoys the privilege Of
telling the master Of Europe that he needs to
change his collar or to be more careful about
his personal appearance in general was
originally Fraulein Won Puttkamer. member
OF noble Pomeranian family. and she is q
most interesting woman, although probably
not ono in thousand readers has ever heard
anything about her She cannot be called
lovely. She Is past co. very tall. and very gray.
Her face is very strong. with large cheek bones.
She is rather what q character Of Dickens de-
ecribes as a fine figure Of woman" inclined.
perhaps. to be bony. Her acquaintance with
the people at Homburg and Frankfort dates
from tho time long ago when Bismarck. not in
the least a great man then. was simply an
official Of Frankfort. She made friends then
to whom she has always remained true, and
whom she goes every year to see.
Wherever Mrs. Bismarck is she rules. When
she onters house. every window must be
closed tight and no door can remain needlessly
open, as she shares with tho French their NOR
bid dread Of currents Of air. At table she 10
fond OF talking. and speaks very loud and
decidedly She gets very much excited in dis
cussion, and to contradict her is not safe. She
is very fond Of music and discusses It learn
eddy, although she really knows very little
about 1t. This causes many wordy battles be-
tween her and her old friend. Baroness Willie
Rothschild. one of the friends gained in Bis
marck's less important days. The Baroness is
old. and. like most Rothschids, not remark
able for beauty. but she is bright. really knows
something about music, writes French songs.
and composes q great deal. She plays and
sings her own work. and she and the Princess
Bismarck do great deal Of talking about it.
The Princess shares her husbands digestive
trouble, and relies. like him. upon the advice
OF the expert DR.. Schweininger,ibut like her
grand husband and the old Emperor. she quite
refuses to be governed in her living by medi-
cal advice, and my correspondent writes me
how she drinks champagne almost frozen. in
spite OF the entreaties Of her lady companion,
precise and amlable old stiJtsdame. The
only unfavorable thing about Princess Won Bis
marck." says my correspondent naively. is
that she neglects to consider how youth should
be talked to. and even ut table. where young
girls may be, does not repress her tendency
to relate tales with a faint Of Doccaccio"
Princess Bismarck has brought her boys up
in the way they should CO. and. although she
lived long time In little hotel on KiseIeg-
strasse, they came frequently to see her. Her.
bert from Roenigstein and William, who calls
himself and likes to be called Bill Bismarck
from Hainau. not far. from Frankfort, where he
is landrath. Neither Of the boys resembles his
mother. but they take after their father. es-
pecially William, who is a wonderfully exact.
though mentally diluted. reproduction.
A fortnight after Princess Bismarcks arrival
in Homburg. and while sho and Baroness
Rothschild were still there. the Empress. wife
Of old Emperor William. arrived. and each de.
clared that the other was looking very we'll
The Empress. more swell. Of course. than
eithor OF the others, arrived with grand
suite and lived at the castle. but my corre-
spondent writes that she is not proud. only a
little soured in disposition, and often had tho
other two old ladies' to tea and talk. What
rare gossip 1t must have been when we con-
slider the boundless sources OF news they
possess in their husbands.
Old Emperor William is again suffering from
one Of his familiar attacks OF indigestion.
Wf ra always ssous a TN
2 great disapR9lnttment ior an who saw him
He was then able to get In and out Of his car
without his stick. gratifying, his passion for
buying all sorts OF pretty and useless, things.
which are packed off to Berlin. where they are
later dist ributed as presents.
There has rarely been anything funnier in
the way OF uncalled for detective vigilance than
the arrest Of poor Nile. Drouin on the charge
OF being q dynamiter The mademoiselle Is
Iirst 'd dessribed she Is simply q school mis-.
tross. we'll on In years. who fnherits from her
father q talent for modelling. and who was in;
nocently preparing to ramble through England
with the modelling clay which was mistaken
for dynamite. remember seeing Mile Drouin.
eight or nine years ago. at the ECole NormaIe, a
girls school at Neuilly. near Paris, where she
was employed as a teacher and where
many American girls Joined with French
ing her hair to fly about, and perhaps
Ia speeulating on her future; but certainly
with Scotland Yard on dynamite charge.
Even IN the midst Of the doings ofgreat and
the representatives Of American freedom. who
are exploring every, corner OF this part Of the
would cnnacian tiOuAly. and nv the thouaand